Tarahumara

[ tahr-uh-hoo-mahr-uh, tar- ]

noun,plural Ta·ra·hu·ma·ras, (especially collectively) Ta·ra·hu·ma·ra for 1.
  1. a member of an Indigenous people of the Sierra Madre region of the state of Chihuahua, Mexico.

  2. the Uto-Aztecan language of the Tarahumara.

adjective
  1. of or relating to the Tarahumara or their language.

Origin of Tarahumara

1
First recorded in 1870–75; of uncertain origin
  • Also Ra·rá·mu·ri [rah-rah-moo-ree] /ˌrɑ rɑˈmu ri/ .

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